Ok so here is the first one-shot! I wrote this a while ago so I hope you all enjoy! I also said that I would post once a week, I am going to try and stick with that as much as I can but as I only have 4 months of school left I just always seem to have a lot of work to do! So I will try and write these one-shots when I have free time (some are already half written) as well as start another multi chapter fic:) hope you all understand and I apologise in advance if I update very randomly! Please favourite, follow and review :)

8 months

It had been 8 months since Sara had been murdered, 8 months since he had told Felicity he loved her, 8 months that Sara's last words had been floating in his mind, never forgetting them. Her last words to him were trying to get him to open his eyes and realise that the light that kept him out of the darkness has been there all along and that he could find happiness and it was with Felicity, it has always been Felicity.

He had known for so long, even before Sara died he knew how he felt about her. But 8 months ago, he couldn't be both Oliver Queen and the Arrow, so he made the choice. A choice which he is about to change, because after 8 months he found his identity. He had brought Sara's killer to justice, fought in yet another war in Starling City, and she was always by his side, as both the Arrow and Oliver Queen. With Felicity's new position in the company she was able to keep tabs on Ray Palmer. After finding out what he true plan was for 'Star City', she was able to gather enough evidence against him to get him voted out of the company by the board, appointing a new CEO which was him.

Oliver Queen had his families company back and his life was in order, he had a job and an apartment and it was all because of Felicity. She never saw Oliver or the Arrow, she saw both. She would always be in danger, but they may as well fight it together and be happy. After 8 months of not being able to tell her how he felt, and Sara's words still lingering in his head, he is about to go and tell the women he loves the truth.

It was 10pm on Friday and it was team arrow's night off. He couldn't wait until he saw her tomorrow night to tell her how he felt, and he didn't want it to be in the foundry with the rest of the team listening in. So he grabbed his phone and keys, left his apartment and got in his car and drove to her apartment block.

He went up to her floor and knocked on the door, holding his breath and waiting to see her face.

She opened the door and his whole world stopped. She looked absolutely beautiful. Her hair damp and longs curls falling over her shoulders from a shower. She was in a pale pink tank top and black pyjama shorts. She smiled when she saw him and tucked a piece of hair behind her ear.

'Hey what are you doing here?' he snapped back into reality and let out the breath he has been holding.

'I need to tell you something' she nodded at his answer and looked at him to continue. 'The night that Sara died, after she helped me defeat the count she said something to me and I chose to ignore it because I didn't know if I could be both Oliver Queen and the Arrow, and then at the hospital I had persuaded myself that I couldn't be both, that I could only have one identity and that I had to choose. But I was wrong, you always saw me as both. You accepted my life with and without a mask'

He took a breath and she had a tear run down her cheek, her then looked back into her beautiful blue eyes and continued.

'She told me that we're not out masks, and we need people in our lives who don't wear one. Those were her last words to me and they meant something, but I tried to avoid them until now. I needed to find myself, my own identity and I have. You make everything better Felicity; you make me a better person. So I am done dangling maybes, these past 8 months have been hard for both of us, I needed to find myself and you needed to move on, but I need you to know I'm done messing around. Felicity Smoak, I am completely and truly in love with you and I want a life with you'

He let out a breath and wiped the tears from her cheek, she leaned into his touch and closed her eyes taking in everything he had just said, she then opened them and looked into his eyes.

'I love you too Oliver' she smiled and then took a small step forward, pressed up on her tip toes and pressed her lips to his.

He responded straight away and angled her head to deepen the kiss and he wrapped his other arm around her back. She then grabbed his jacket and pulled him in and he kicked the door shut with his foot. The kiss then slowed down until they stopped for air and they leaned there foreheads against each other's.

'I want to do this right Felicity, take things slow'

'Slow sounds good, but we can still make out right?' he laughed at her response, trust Felicity to lighten the mood.

They both laughed and she walked him to her bedroom, he stripped down so he was comfortable whilst she locked up and then moved to lie down next to him.

'You're definitely all in right Queen?' she smiled and she turned and propped her chin on his chest.

'Of course I am, you in too Smoak?'

'Yeah' she breathed and then leaned in and kissed him.

He brought a hand to her cheek and then moved her over so now he was half over her. They made out, joked, laughed and talk until they were both too tired. They passed out in each other's arms, limbs tangled together; finally after 8 months they were where they belonged.